Utility of fractional excretion of urea nitrogen in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease by Yukihiro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kubota, Takuya Nishino, Shuhei Tara, Katsuhito Kato, Daisuke Hayashi, Kosuke Mozawa, Junya Matsuda, Yukichi Tokita, Masahiro Yasutake, Kuniya Asai, Yu‐ki Iwasaki

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Correlation Between Previous Caesarean Section and Adverse Maternal Outcomes Accordingly With Robson Classification: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Shazia Jamshed, Shazia Jamshed, Shuo-Chen Chien, Shuo-Chen Chien, Afifa Tanweer, Rahma-Novita Asdary, Muhammad Hardhantyo, Muhammad Hardhantyo, Muhammad Hardhantyo, David Greenfield, David Greenfield, Chia-Hui Chien, Chia-Hui Chien, Chia-Hui Chien, Shuen-Fu Weng, Shuen-Fu Weng, Wen-Shan Jian, Wen-Shan Jian, Usman Iqbal, Usman Iqbal, Usman Iqbal

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The association between mortality and use of Chinese herbal medicine among incident stage IV esophageal cancer patients: A retrospective cohort study with core herbs exploration by Shu-Ling Chen, Wei-Chun Lin, Yu-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Chen, Yu-Chun Chen, Jiun-Liang Chen, Jiun-Liang Chen, Yi-Hong Wu, Yi-Hong Wu, Sien-Hung Yang, Sien-Hung Yang, Hsing-Yu Chen, Hsing-Yu Chen, Hsing-Yu Chen

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Prognostic implication of sarcopenia diagnosed by updated Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia criteria in older patients with heart failure: Utility and limitation by Satoshi Katano, Kotaro Yamano, Toshiyuki Yano, Ryo Numazawa, Ryohei Nagaoka, Suguru Honma, Yusuke Fujisawa, Yasuhiro Miki, Yuhei Takamura, Hayato Kunihara, Hiroya Fujisaki, Hidemichi Kouzu, Katsuhiko Ohori, Masaki Katayose, Akiyoshi Hashimoto, Masato Furuhashi

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Estimating the risk of major adverse cardiac events following radiotherapy for left breast cancer using a modified generalized Lyman normal-tissue complication probability model by Tzu-Yu Lai, Yu-Wen Hu, Ti-Hao Wang, Jui-Pin Chen, Cheng-Ying Shiau, Pin-I Huang, I-Chun Lai, Yu-Ming Liu, Chi-Cheng Huang, Ling-Ming Tseng, Nicole Huang, Chia-Jen Liu

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Comparison of personal sound amplification products and conventional hearing aids for patients with hearing loss: A systematic review with meta-analysis by Chih-Hao Chen, Chii-Yuan Huang, Hsiu-Lien Cheng, Heng-Yu Haley Lin, Yuan-Chia Chu, Chun-Yu Chang, Ying-Hui Lai, Mao-Che Wang, Yen-Fu Cheng

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With a Drug-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients Receiving Dialysis: A National Study From Taiwan by Szu-Yu Pan, Ju-Yeh Yang, Nai-Chi Teng, Yun-Yi Chen, Shi-Heng Wang, Chien-Lin Lee, Kang-Lung Chen, Yen-Ling Chiu, Shih-Ping Hsu, Yu-Sen Peng, Yung-Ming Chen, Shuei-Liong Lin, Likwang Chen

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Plasma Phosphorylated-tau181 Is a Predictor of Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment: A Longitudinal Study by Li-Kai Huang, Li-Kai Huang, Li-Kai Huang, Li-Kai Huang, Li-Kai Huang, Shu-Ping Chao, Shu-Ping Chao, Shu-Ping Chao, Chaur-Jong Hu, Chaur-Jong Hu, Chaur-Jong Hu, Chaur-Jong Hu, Chaur-Jong Hu, Li-Nien Chien, Li-Nien Chien, Li-Nien Chien, Hung-Yi Chiou, Hung-Yi Chiou, Hung-Yi Chiou, Yu-Chun Lo, Yi-Chen Hsieh, Yi-Chen Hsieh, Yi-Chen Hsieh

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Clinical Characteristics and Neonatal Outcomes of Pregnant Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review by Md. Mohaimenul Islam, Md. Mohaimenul Islam, Md. Mohaimenul Islam, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Bruno Andreas Walther, Hsuan Chia Yang, Hsuan Chia Yang, Hsuan Chia Yang, Cheng-Wei Wang, Wen-Shyang Hsieh, Wen-Shyang Hsieh, Suleman Atique, Hosna Salmani, Belal Alsinglawi, Ming Ching Lin, Ming Ching Lin, Ming Ching Lin, Ming Ching Lin, Ming Ching Lin, Wen Shan Jian, Yu-Chuan Jack Li, Yu-Chuan Jack Li, Yu-Chuan Jack Li, Yu-Chuan Jack Li, Yu-Chuan Jack Li

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Global Outcome Assessment Life-long after stroke in young adults initiative—the GOAL initiative: study protocol and rationale of a multicentre retrospective individual patient data... by Vincent Thijs, Didier Leys, Takanari Kitazono, David Tanne, Nilufer Yesilot, João Pedro Marto, Miguel Viana-Baptista, Karoliina Aarnio, Antonio Arauz, Manuel Bolognese, Raf Brouns, Batnairamdal Chuluun, Enkhzaya Chuluunbaatar, Byambasuren Dagvajantsan, Stephanie Debette, Adi Don, Chris Enzinger, Esme Ekizoglu, Simon Fandler-Höfler, Franz Fazekas, Anette Fromm, Thomas Gattringer, Giosue Gulli, Michael Hoffmann, Christina Jern, Katarina Jood, Masahiro Kamouchi, Young Seo Kim, Janika Korv, Tsong-Hai Lee, Nicolas Martinez-Majander, Victoria Mifsud, Aleksandra Pikula, Jose Luis Ruiz-Sandoval, Bettina Sarnowski, KS Tan, T Tatlisumak, Riina Vibo, Ulrike Waje-Andreassen, Alessandro Pezzini, Jukka Putaala, Frank‐Erik de Leeuw, Anil M Tuladhar, Merel S Ekker, Mina A Jacob, Myrna ME van Dongen, Arunkar K Annamalai, Miguel A Barboza, Thiago F Hora, Steven J Kittner, Timothy J Kleinig, Catharina JM Klijn, Noortje AM Maaijwee, Man M Mehndiratta, Vinicius V Montanaro, Mayowa O Owolabi, Vinod B Patel, Matthew C Phillips, Floris HBM Schreuder, Rick H Swartz, Teddy Y Wu, Bartlomiej Piechowski-Jozwiak

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The burden of injury in Central, Eastern, and Western European sub-region: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study by Juanita A. Haagsma, Periklis Charalampous, Filippo Ariani, Anne Gallay, Kim Moesgaard Iburg, Evangelia Nena, Che Henry Ngwa, Alexander Rommel, Ausra Zelviene, Kedir Hussein Abegaz, Hanadi Al Hamad, Luciana Albano, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Tudorel Andrei, Ippazio Cosimo Antonazzo, Olatunde Aremu, Ashokan Arumugam, Alok Atreya, Avinash Aujayeb, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Maciej Banach, Till Winfried Bärnighausen, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Massimiliano Beghi, Derrick A. Bennett, Akshaya S. Bhagavathula, Félix Carvalho, Giulio Castelpietra, Ledda Caterina, Joht Singh Chandan, Rosa A. S. Couto, Natália Cruz-Martins, Giovanni Damiani, Anna Dastiridou, Andreas K. Demetriades, Diana Dias-da-Silva, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Eduarda Fernandes, Pietro Ferrara, Florian Fischer, Urbano Fra.Paleo, Silvia Ghirini, James C. Glasbey, Ionela-Roxana Glavan, Nelson G. M. Gomes, Michal Grivna, Netanja I. Harlianto, Josep Maria Haro, M. Tasdik Hasan, Sorin Hostiuc, Ivo Iavicoli, Milena D. Ilic, Irena M. Ilic, Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Jost B. Jonas, Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak, Mikk Jürisson, Joonas H. Kauppila, Gbenga A. Kayode, Moien A. B. Khan, Adnan Kisa, Sezer Kisa, Ai Koyanagi, Manasi Kumar, Om P. Kurmi, Carlo La-Vecchia, Demetris Lamnisos, Savita Lasrado, Paolo Lauriola, Shai Linn, Joana A. Loureiro, Raimundas Lunevicius, Aurea Madureira-Carvalho, Enkeleint A. Mechili, Azeem Majeed, Ritesh G. Menezes, Alexios-Fotios A. Mentis, Atte Meretoja, Tomislav Mestrovic, Tomasz Miazgowski, Bartosz Miazgowski, Andreea Mirica, Mariam Molokhia, Shafiu Mohammed, Lorenzo Monasta, Francesk Mulita, Mukhammad David Naimzada, Ionut Negoi, Subas Neupane, Bogdan Oancea, Hans Orru, Adrian Otoiu, Nikita Otstavnov, Stanislav S. Otstavnov, Alicia Padron-Monedero, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas, Shahina Pardhan, Jay Patel, Paolo Pedersini, Marina Pinheiro, Ivo Rakovac, Chythra R. Rao, Salman Rawaf, David Laith Rawaf, Violet Rodrigues, Luca Ronfani, Dominic Sagoe, Francesco Sanmarchi, Milena M. Santric-Milicevic, Brijesh Sathian, Aziz Sheikh, Rahman Shiri, Siddharudha Shivalli, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, Rannveig Sigurvinsdottir, Valentin Yurievich Skryabin, Anna Aleksandrovna Skryabina, Catalin-Gabriel Smarandache, Bogdan Socea, Raúl A. R. C. Sousa, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos, Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone, Fimka Tozija, Sarah Van de Velde, Tommi Juhani Vasankari, Massimiliano Veroux, Francesco S. Violante, Vasiliy Vlassov, Yanzhong Wang, Ali Yadollahpour, Sanni Yaya, Mikhail Sergeevich Zastrozhin, Anasthasia Zastrozhina, Suzanne Polinder, Marek Majdan

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Identifying diabetes cases from administrative data: a population-based validation study by Lorraine L. Lipscombe, Jeremiah Hwee, Lauren Webster, Baiju R. Shah, Gillian L. Booth, Karen Tu

“…Methods We linked health care administrative databases from Ontario, Canada to a reference standard of primary care electronic medical records (EMRs). …”
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Occupational Therapists’ Perspectives During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Emily N. Maas, Allison Sullivan, Said Nafai, James Plummer

“…Interventions that could be implemented by health care administrators include self-care training, psychological support, and safe opportunities to engage in meaningful activities.…”
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Potentially Ineffective Care: Time for Earnest Reexamination by William L. Jackson, Joseph F. Sales

“…Due to their relatively large impact, outcomes and costs in critical care are of significant interest to policymakers and health care administrators. Measurement of potentially ineffective care has been proposed as an outcome measure to evaluate critical care delivery, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act affords the opportunity to reshape the care of the critically ill. …”
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Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD: Determinants of Use and Trends in Patient Persistance with Treatment by Lucie Blais, Jean Bourbeau, Odile Dheehy, Jacques LeLorier

“…A cohort of 3768 physician-diagnosed, elderly COPD patients was selected between 1990 and 1996 from the health care administrative database of the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec. …”
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Multiparameter Continuous Physiological Monitoring Technologies in Neonates Among Health Care Providers and Caregivers at a Private Tertiary Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: Feasibility... by Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Violet Naanyu, Jessica Rigg, Dorothy Chomba, Jesse Coleman, Bella Hwang, Roseline Ochieng, J Mark Ansermino, William M Macharia

“…ResultsBetween July and August 2020, we interviewed 12 health care providers, 5 health care administrators, and 10 caregivers and observed the monitoring of 12 neonates. …”
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ASSOCIATIONS OF MOTHERS IN PROTECTION AND SUPPORTING OF BREAST FEEDING: HISTORY AND PRESENT TIMES by L.V. Abol’yan, L.V. Kazakova, N.A. Barabash, F.M. Evloeva, N.A. Konyaeva

“…The Soviet public health had wide experience of successful collaboration of public activists of Russian Red Cross Society and Health Care Administrations in performance of prophylactic and health-improving measures and hygienic education among population. …”
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Perceptions of Global Health Engagements in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Health Care Workers and Administrators in Western Kenya: Protocol for a Multistage Qualitative S... by Erick Amick, Violet Naanyu, Sherri Bucher, Beverly W Henry

“…Local stakeholders such as health care workers and health care administrators represent critical constituencies for global health activities, yet their perspectives are underrepresented in the literature. …”
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Identifying non‐adult attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder individuals using a stacked machine learning algorithm using administrative data population registers in a universal... by David Roche, Toni Mora, Jordi Cid

“…The dataset contains data from population health care administrative registers in Catalonia comprising 1,225,406 non‐adult individuals for 2013–2017, linked to socioeconomic characteristics and dispensed drug consumption. …”
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Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Lessons From One of the Largest Scandals of the 21st Century in the Field of Spine Surgery by Thomas Szewczyk, BS, Michael S. Sinha, MD, JD, MPH, Jack Gerling, BS, Justin K. Zhang, MD, MSCI, Philippe Mercier, MD, PhD, Tobias A. Mattei, MD, FACS

“…Ultimately, this historical health care scandal constitutes a valuable lesson to surgeons, health care administrators, medical device companies, and policymakers on how misaligned incentives and subsequent unscrupulous practices can transform a medical innovation into an unfortunate tale of fraud and deceit.…”
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